Bloomberg.com Region - UK News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- British banks are Europe’s biggest lenders to the United Arab Emirates, constituting $49.5 billion of the continent’s $87.3 billion loans outstanding to the Gulf state, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aao0Hm5CgWC0&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aao0Hm5CgWC0 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:11 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc was the biggest underwriter of loans to Dubai World, the state company seeking to reschedule debt, while HSBC Holdings Plc has the most at risk in the United Arab Emirates, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=abFTDi7T0.VE&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=abFTDi7T0.VE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:14:36 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks rebounded from the worst slump in eight months as concern over a potential default from Dubai’s state-run companies eased. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aC9wgLKGmQC0&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aC9wgLKGmQC0 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:10 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities slumped the most since June, led by a drop in crude oil and industrial metals, as Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt rattled investors and spurred a strengthening of the dollar. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=anYh9NbBT.7U&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=anYh9NbBT.7U Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:21:37 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aY9JNCJEHHBg&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aY9JNCJEHHBg Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:37:03 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cadbury Plc investors should sell their shares in the U.K. candy maker because Kraft Foods Inc. is unlikely to raise its cash-and-stock offer above the current share price, Consumer Equity Research said today. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a3.CDlNJ57r4&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a3.CDlNJ57r4 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:41:22 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The pound declined against the dollar after a drop in stocks across the world prompted investors to sell U.K. assets and on speculation the government will downgrade its forecast for the economy. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a9XQ6.WSCUis&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a9XQ6.WSCUis Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:35:54 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, Europe’s largest mobile-phone and laptop retailer, increased its full-year profit forecast after first-half earnings and sales rose, helped by the purchase of Tiscali SpA’s U.K. unit. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aafxv2HV7kDY&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aafxv2HV7kDY Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:38:38 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- De Beers, the world’s largest diamond company, discussed with shareholders the possibility of selling a stake ahead of a March deadline to refinance a $1.5 billion facility, said two people familiar with the proposal. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aMoRMvmHOcCA&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aMoRMvmHOcCA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:14:37 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Hix, the chef who owns two London restaurants and opens a third in Selfridges next year, is in the hospital after breaking his leg in a traffic accident. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=ac3OJGSbOJ5Y&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ac3OJGSbOJ5Y Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:15:21 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Vatican’s failure to cooperate with a panel investigating the sexual abuse of children by priests in Ireland is “very regrettable,” said an auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of Dublin, Eamonn Walsh. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aijpbVzZXvKI&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aijpbVzZXvKI Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:13:25 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may reignite stalled progress for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aKYc2l_FiYZM&refer=uk http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aKYc2l_FiYZM Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:52:37 EST